'Democrats, A Minority On The Supreme Court Since 1970'

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- “The Authority of Law” marble statue by sculptor James Earle Fraser on the steps of the Supreme Court Building.

- Democrats - a minority on the Supreme Court since 1970. - Daily Kos, Oct, 12, 2020.

The Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings Mon., Oct. 12, on the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Her seat on the court will solidify its already very conservative majority. National polls have shown that most citizens do not wish her, or anyone, to be appointed until after the presidential election. A few Democrats have argued that if Barrett is appointed, seats should be added to the Supreme Court to balance its philosophical views.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence both asked their Democratic opponents in the recent debates whether they would pack the court, presumably with liberals. Both former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris danced around the issue, never answering the question. They should have told the truth: The court is already packed — with conservatives.

In fact, in every year since 1970, the majority of Supreme Court justices have been Republican appointees. Since the beginning of Chief Justice Warren Burger’s court until the death of Justice Ruth B. Ginsberg, there have been 31 Republican appointed-justices and 8 Democratic appointed-justices sitting on the Supreme Court.

At no time was there a majority of Democratic justices on the court to write its majority decision. By going to the web link for each of the last three Chief Justices, you can see those numbers. In addition, the last four Supreme Court chief justices have been politically active Republicans appointed by Republican presidents:

• Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953 to 1969), was the Republican governor of California and Thomas Dewey’s vice-presidential running mate.

• Chief Justice Warren Burger (1969 to 1986), played a crucial role at the 1952 Republican National Convention to get Dwight D. Eisenhower the presidential nomination.

• Chief Justice William Rehnquist (1986 to 2005), was legal advisor to Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater.

• Chief Justice John Roberts (2005 to current) served in Ronald Reagan’s and George H. W. Bush’s administrations in the Office of the White House Counsel.

You couldn’t select more-partisan chief justices...

More, https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/11/1985768/-Democrats-a-minority-on-the-Supreme-Court-since-1970
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- Also: 'America needs to burn down the Republican court-packing program—because our democracy depends on it'
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/11/1985706/-Republicans-have-been-packing-the-courts-for-years-It-s-time-to-unpack-them

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1. But, Warren had been one of the most liberal chief justices, and probably had as much impact on...

our legal system as Marshall.

The "Warren Court" would still be demonized by the right wing if they remembered it.

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2. Perhaps, but he was a Republican nominated by a Republican president. However...

...he's irrelevant to the argument in the post, as he stepped down in 1969, before the cutoff date of 1970.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. So why is he on the list?

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3. By my count, there have been 18 appointments going back to Nixon. Only 4 were by democrats

Carter appointed zero, Clinton 2, Obama 2.

So that's 14-4 for republicans,